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№ 899

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5 May 2021

Hammer Price:
£200

18th Century Tokens, LANARKSHIRE, Glasgow, Gilbert Shearer & Co, Proof Halfpenny, 1791, in gilt-copper, arms, rev. river-god, edge payable at the house of gilbert shearer & co : 11.24g/6h (DH 2). Minor marks in reverse field, otherwise extremely fine, rare
£200-£260

Provenance: W.J. Davis Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-3 July 1920, lot 41 (part); W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 377 (part); W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1280 [from Spink 1976]; Baldwin ‘Basement’, Part III, Baldwin Auction 102, 4 October 2016, lot 2474